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Mars Pathfinder Update - July 1, 1997
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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Mars Pathfinder Mission Status
July 1, 1997
All spacecraft systems onboard Mars Pathfinder remain in
excellent health as the first lander in more than 20 years nears
its July 4th entry and landing on Mars.
Yesterday the spacecraft was turned 7 degrees to place it in
the proper orientation for entry into the upper atmosphere of
Mars. At 1:42 p.m. PDT yesterday, the flight team commanded the
spacecraft to switch into the "entry, descent and landing mode."
This computer sequence will execute all spacecraft activities on
landing day, beginning at 8:30 a.m. PDT, when Pathfinder vents
the freon in its cooling system, until after landing, when the
spacecraft is ready to transmit its first low-gain antenna signal
to Earth.
Currently Pathfinder is about 1.34 million kilometers
(837,000 miles) from Mars, traveling at a velocity of about
19,300 kilometers per hour (12,000 miles per hour) with respect
to Mars.
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